So we've been going through the game with a persuasion-type character, and have noticed that some quests are no longer within reach. Since we did Hlaalu, we can't do Redoran. Since we did Thieves Guild, we killed the heads of the Fighters Guild. Also, there is a bug in our MQ and we can't do the MQ.

So we're going to start over and make a Warrior character for Redoran, Fighters, and MQ. Since I don't want to waste having skill in multiple weapons, which weapon do you generally consider strongest:

Sword
Axe
Blunt Weapon
Spear

We're just trying to breeze through these quests as fast as possible with our new character. Thanks guys!

Redoran favours Spear and Long Blade.
Fighter Guild favours Axe, Long Blade and Blunt.

As to which is the most powerful, well that's rather subjective, and depends mainly on which weapons you find/buy.
And it's usually a good idea to have a secondary weapon Skill as a Minor.

And what do you mean your MQ has a bug? Chances are it can be fixed or by-passed.

Entirely my opinion but I would lean toward Spear....and get hold of a Glass Halbred ASAP. It's light and effective, and Spear is governed by Endurance which gives you more hit points as you level up. Entirely my personal take on the matter....

in general, i like short swords along with long swords (major, minor, respectively)
reason: early game short swords are decent.
just buy the netch blade and the jinx blade from the fighters guild merchant in balmora and you're well equipped for most fights early on.
also short swords have a very fast attack rate which often hit-animation-locks the enemies (early on, that is)
later, the long sword uniques become very powerful and a certain reforged blade is also long sword.

blunt weapon is nice for some reasons two; a certain unique on solstheim packs a major punch, usable with a shield.
two-handed hammers are very heavy and therefore have a chance of knocking an enemy to his knees.

so, you just want one weapon-category...
in the long run i would go for long swords, i think, for the great variety of good weapons of that category.
but i don't think multiple weapon skills are a waste

spear is a bit underpowered and with a few exceptions (not easily obtainable) aren't worth it in vanilla that is (modding changes everything )

Thanks for the reply. We'll also probably do Imperial Legion with this character, and their skills are Long Blade, Spear, and Blunt....so looks like LongBlade fits all.

By strongest I just generally meant if you're trying to complete these quests with the least difficulty, which generally would get you through fastest. I know it's a subjective question, although a pretty objective answer may be this :flamethrower:

We're? Who is we're? I feel like I am reading something from Gollum.

Are you on the PC or xbox? I usually go long sword but you can also go short sword. Also if you are on the PC, there is a place where you can get an ebony short sword (maybe not ebony but a really great short sword) but it's bugged and you need to use the console `tcl command to retrieve it. I spent an hour on the xbox trying to find it, then coming to the forums over 8 years ago to find out, it was insdie the rocks and can't retrieve it on the xbox.

This combined as a major skill of short sword should make your life easier. You will have to go to hints and spoilers and ask there where it is.

"We're" as in Jeff and Hooper...there's a reason it's our screenname here . We're roommates who play the same characters :celebration:

And we're playing on Xbox, which is why we are going to have to restart the game, otherwise we could just cheat the Bow of Senipul into our inventory

Ah I see Jeff and Hooper, but only one person is typing right? LOL. I still say go with the Long sword. Just looks so much better in 3rd person view. Begining will be a bit tuff, but it will be a bit tuff no matter what you take. I just love the long swords you find later in the game. Also, if you have trouble, what ever you take, be it long/short sword, Spear or blunt, make sure you have a concuration spell of that type.

When you conjur the sword/spear what ever, you don't have to use that deadric sword, but it's the best you get for the little time you have it, but ALSO you get a 10 point buff in that skill. So if it was 32 before, it will be 42 then. Keep that in mind in the early game if you need a buff in that skill as well. I found it severed me well when on the xbox playing.

After some thought i ended with Axes. For several reasons

1. According to wiki(which may be wrong) axes get 1.2 attack increase per skill, unlike 1.0 with every other weapon. Thats a 20% increase over the maximum.
2. According to wiki(which may be wrong) weapon weight plays a role in knockdown calculations. War axe is the heaviest single handed weapon in the game.(1.6 more heavy than the mace)
3. If going for lighter weapons, a glass axe is superb. for 15 weight you get a 33 damage weapon, slash attack, the default one. Hacking mobs was never easier. AND has adequate durability, which is a problem with other glass weapons. Daedric axe has slash damage 44. No other regular 1H weapon does as much damage with the default attack. And daedric 2H axe is the single highest damage weapon in the game among regular weapons.
5. There is no bound War axe spell. Unique.

I'm a fan of blunt weapons, partially because there are several really awesome artifacts.

Skull Crusher - essentially weightless (only 15 pounds, which are negated by 15 feather when equipped) and 2nd most durable weapon in a game. Sunder - one of the most powerful weapons in a game, kinda small though, feels more like a carpenter's hammer than a weapon. And my favourite - Mace of Aevar Stonesinger, THE most durable and heavy weapon (considerably heavier than daedric war axe and FAR more powerful - even beats the daedric 2H battle axe in raw damage), it really feels that that you beat your enemies into the ground when you swing this baby. Also, being silver it's the best thing against werewolves by a long shot. All 3 of them are single-handed so you can use a block skill.

2H blunts are also quite nice, considerably more durable than other weapon classes (especially axes), Orcish warhammer is my favourite, nice combination of weight, durability and damage.

I wholeheartedly agree with you about the Mace of Aeva Stonesinger being awesome - but I believe it is actually a Stalhrim weapon, and the 2x silver-bonus will not apply to werewolves. I could be mistaken, though...

I dont get this obsession with Skull Crusher. Its slow, preenchanted, and feather only works if the weapon is equipped. Which is not to say SC is heavy, but this again may be a disadvantage, according to wiki.

that's true, CS experience.


i can confirm that, but only from ingame experience.


well, i consider uniques too. there, long blades and blunt weapons really stand out (at the top of the list at least)
blunt weapons only because of aevar stonesinger. great damage and great weight for knockout punches.
not very good obtainability though.


me neither. i mean, it's a decent weapon, especially for blunt users early on due to it's low weight, but later you will just shove it up your shelf like all the other crap
and ... wait ... early on. the quest is clearly not design to grab that weapon early on...
so all in all not that great.

if my skill slots weren't notoriously sparse, i'd go for short blade major, long blade and blunt minor.
blunt weapon the first to be kicked off the list

While visually it indeed looks like a stalhrim mace, it is flagged as a silver weapon.


Really, there's someone obsessed about it? Anyway, it's a very nice weapon for a lower level characters. It's also a good backup weapon for those who don't specialize in this class - like mages, who pick blunt as a minor. Sure it'll take a bit longer to get it if you take the legit path to obtain it, but you only need a bunch of alchemy ingredients to unlock oracle quests which aren't all that hard. Sure, you'll ditch it when you'll get strong enough to make heavy weapons feasible, but it's a great transition weapon.

The biggest factor in knockdowns is the target's agility, drain/absorb or damage their agility and they'll fall down - good way to train your armor skill is to damage your own agility and go to kwama mine - even a little forager will knock you down. I'm not really sure if the weapon weight is a factor, it could be the damage (which often goes hand in hand with the weight) - using the same weapon I get more knockdowns as my strength increases and I get plenty of knockdowns with strong bound weapons (battle axe or spear) that have weight of 0.

TrueRevan
Yeah, axes lack uniques. Then again, i mean, Sunder, its like game end. Also one could go creative with enchantments. Ok as we found out in another thread, maybe not that creative, but still having a belt full of glass axes for each situation is quite nice. But i agree, short blades would probably top it all, lol. Zatoichi, Morrowind edition.

x4lien
Imo, bound mace > skull crusher. Always weight zero. 10 fort attack. Available in Balmora.

Some of the strongest weapons in the game are blunt weapons but you won't find them until later levels in Morrowind and its expansions.

Long Blade is not a bad choice as powerful swords are thick as fleas on a guar in this game.

Axes and spears don't have as many high level artifact weapons. Especially Axes..they get the shaft. There are a couple of legendary spears in this game, but they take effort to find and they break easier than other weapons.

If you're power gaming choose Blunt weapon. Otherwise choose whatever you are comfortable with. My first successful character favored Battle-axes and used the Bound Axe spell often and he did okay.

If someone isn't against an idea using CE enchantments with bound weapons then axes and spears can be very solid. All in all the best weapon is the one that gives the most fun to a player.